Improved hand-cultivator



J. NAUGLE.

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No, 46.926. Y Patented Mar 2L 1865.

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JOHN NAUGLE, OF MOORESVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVED HAND-'CLJLTIVATOR Specification forming part of LettersPatentNo. 46,926, dated March 2l, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NAUGLE, of the town of Mooresville, in thecounty of Morgan and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedMethod of Constructing Hand-Cultivators; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing hand-cultivators insuch a manner that the blade of the implement shall be permanently fixedand secured between two iron shoulders or bearings, and in so shapingthe blade and so attaching it to the handle that the tool shall combinegreat strength with eheapness and durability, the object being tofurnish an implement which shall do for the vegetable-garden what thesubsoil-plow does for the ield-erop-viz., stir the soil to a greaterdepth than can be done by the tools in coinmon use.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention,Iwillproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, Figure l represents the hand-eultivator complete andabout half-size. Fig. 9 represents the blade or share of `the plow; Fig.3, the shank,whieh screws into the handle; and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof the blade on the line a a.

The blade, for about three-fifths of its length, or from near the eye,is drawn to an edge on each side from the middle and brought to a point,leaving a strong rib in the center on this end. The other end of theblade is brought to a eutting-edge. The shank is screwed firmly into thehandle, and the blade, with a square eye or hole, is placed on theshonlderd ofthe shank,

and then the end of the shank is rmly ri'veted down onto the blade, asshown in Fig'. l. In Fig. 3 the burr or riveted end is shown on theshank as when completed.

In operating the plow the pointed end is struck into the mellow groundand drawn through it to any desired depth, leaving the ground level, andnot disturbing the growing plants.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

As a new article ot' manufacture, the hereindescribed hand cnltivator,when constructed substantially as herein set forth.

JOHN NAUGLE.

Witnesses:

B. F. BUTLER, A. H. GRAYTON.

